Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.

A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.

“We make our own fortunes and we call them fate.”

The more you care, the stronger you can be.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you'll be criticized anyway.

“The most important thing is transforming our minds, for a new way of thinking, a new outlook: we should strive to develop a new inner world.”

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.